Geochemical Services

Offshore Petroleum Slick Sampling


Slick Sampler Kit

Slick sampling to validate and characterize your offshore petroleum system

The Slick Sampler from Gore has been validated by customers and industry consortiums

  • Easiest to use: Simply cast a "slick lure" onto your slick and reel for 2 minutes
  • Most sensitive for very thin slicks
  • Widest compound range: From C5 to C35

  • How to Buy

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Gore is the only provider of the Amplified Geochemical ImagingSM technology for petroleum reservoirs onshore and offshore


Slick Sampling Kit from Gore

Rugged hard waterproof case includes everything you need:

  • 20 ready-to-use samplers
  • folding casting device
  • weighted bobbers
  • fishing line and hardware
  • gloves
  • instructions, video
  • sample documentation for moist environments

Equip each of your offshore working boats with a Slick Sampling Kit.

Ask us about location of slicks in your basin using near-real-time slick mapping services from Infoterra Ltd



Analysis By TD/GC/MS (thermal desorption/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry) For Over 100 Compounds From C5 To C35 Including Key Biomarkers

  • Light Compounds C5-C10
  • Diamondoids C10-C17
  • Pristane/Phytane C19-C20
  • Terpanes mz 177,191 C21-C29
  • Steranes mz 217, 218
  • Triaromatic stearanes, mz231
  • Monoaromatic stearanes mz253

Slick Analysis Deliverables

  • Report
  • Data tables

Ask us about location of slicks in your basin using near-real-time slick mapping services from Infoterra Ltd